Demia Minutes for January 27, 2014
We started the meeting off with an icebreaker introduction game to introduce the new members with the old ones.
Block Party:
- 5-830 pm. is when people are needed and the shift are per half hour to hour.
- It will be in the Riley Room in Atherton Union.
- It’s a pretty low-key event and just need people to man the booth and hand out free condoms.
***If you’re interested in signing up there is a Google document
Reach:
- Zoe will be sending out an email on the listserv letting everyone know what is going on and a bunch of cool events to check out.
Vagina Monologues:
- This year we are going to try and do something different and call it “Vagina Monologues: Hashtag Turn it Up.
- We will be doing our own style of Vag Mon and trying to incorporate our own monologs to have in the show
- This year we are also looking at combining it with some people in the Deaf community and have ASL aspects
It will be on April 3 and 5 at 7:30pm on Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall in Robertson Hall.
Zoe will be trying to formulate something to add monologues you are interested in doing that will be sent out in the list serv.
- Demia Execs will be figuring out a deadline to send these in by.
HJR-3:
- We briefly discussed HJR-3 and what Demia members’ feelings were about it.
- Check out the article
Elections:
- Soon we will be holding an election to determine Exec board members
- We personally have set up the exec board as a very open and it is not a strict job and anyone is allowed to come to exec board meetings.
***Every other Thursdays at 8:30pm at Starbucks are exec board meetings
Internationali-TEA Time:
- It is an outside Demia hangout to chill and hangout in a less formal setting to get to know members better and to bring everyone’s intersectionality to different topics that are on peoples’ minds.
- They also occur on the alternate Thursdays of exec meetings and will generally happen at a member’s house. Check out the facebook group for the location to be posted. If you’re not in the facebook group, email zcastell@butler.edu and she’ll put you in it.
If you’re passionate about something going on let someone on the exec board know so a meeting can be designated to a discussion centered on that.
Women’s History Month:
- March 31st: an erotic crafts will be going on.
- *** More events will be posted
A lot of questions have been asked about free speech policy that has been established on Butler’s campus.
- This includes handing out flyers, chalking, and posting opinions on boards without being in the designated free speech area.
- Butler did not openly tell this to everyone so many students and faculty were unaware of this happening.
- Butler has designated one area for free speech for where they are wanting activism happening
- If you want to know more about this or are also interested in this contact Kate Siegfried or Colleen Quinty.
Firebranders:
- Exists to highlight issues students want to talk about.
- The deadline for this times issue is Saturday the 31st.
- Posts need a first step or a possible solution to problems being posted.
- If you’re interested their Twitter is: @FireBranders, Email: firebranders33@gmail.com, and Tumblr: firebranders33.tumblr.com